Exam question 3 · Food on the floor and kitchen rules

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a microwave oven?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, operate · To what, where: operation, microwave oven

This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «Food on the floor and kitchen rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 operation	det
10	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 oven	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 oven	det
13	microwave	microwave	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 oven	compound
14	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 operation	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the operation of a microwave oven	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	operate		a microwave oven		nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It heats food by agitating the water molecules within it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heats	nsubj
2	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heats	obj
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 agitating	mark
5	agitating	agitate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 heats	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 molecules	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 molecules	compound
8	molecules	molecule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 agitating	obj
9	within	within	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 agitating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present	It	food					vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument food=Patient
2	agitate	gerund		the water molecules				within food	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus molecule=Experiencer

Option 2

It heats food by means of a concealed flame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heats	nsubj
2	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heats	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 heats	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 flame	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 flame	det
8	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 flame	amod
9	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	heat	present	It	food		vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument food=Patient
2	mean	present			of a concealed flame	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	conceal	participle				vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It renders food radioactive in the course of heating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
4	radioactive	radioactive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 renders	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 course	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 course	det
7	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 heating	case
9	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 course	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	food		the course of heating		radioactive property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

It heats food by the application of pressure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heats	nsubj
2	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heats	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 application	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 application	det
6	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heats	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 pressure	case
8	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 application	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat	present	It	food				by the application of pressure	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument food=Patient
2	apply		pressure						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

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